As the second legal education class successfully concluded, while Zhao Gang and the young men of the village were helping a few elderly residents build a house, Shen Jianan and Gu Yu had already led Cheng Hu's family, the various educated youths, and some villagers into intensive labor.
Taking nearly two days, everyone picked all the hawthorns from the mountains, washed them thoroughly, cored them for later use, and then poured the processed pulp into a pot—remembering strictly not to use an iron pot.
Next, they poured in clear water until it submerged the hawthorns, brought it to a boil over high heat, and then reduced it to low heat to simmer for five minutes. The pulp and water were immediately removed and left to cool. Afterward, the hawthorns were mashed into a paste, filtered twice through a fine sieve to remove the coarse fruit puree.
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